Draft bill aims to combat "torture breeding," or breeding to produce animals with characteristics that cause them suffering. The bill lists several disease characteristics, such as abnormalities of the skeletal system, that would be outlawed.
Restrictions could apply to the length of dachshunds' legs. Beagles, Jack Russell terriers and miniature schnauzers, as well as short-nosed dogs such as the English bulldog, French bulldog and pug, could also be affected.